Kandahar Refugee Organization (KRO) is a national level, non-political, non-profitable, non-governmental organization working for humanitarian and rehabilitation roots in Afghanistan. Further, KRO is an Afghan organization that is committed to the development of the local economy and building local capacity for sustainable development. Thus, we have an established specialized network in many provinces of the country in order to design, implement related activities in the field of food security, research, capacity building, disaster management, and placement.

• Conduct community surveys and evaluations case findings.

• Sharing of identified cases immediately with case workers for formal case management.

• Establish long-term relationships with community by holding regular meetings and informal discussions to identify and resolve the needs and concerns of children.

• Assist community members and elders in forming a (CBCPM) to track and promote child protection mechanism in community especially those involving children on the move.

• He/She is responsible for investigating any allegations of child abuse endangerment neglect or other circumstances in which a child or children may not be safe in a current living situation

• Collaborate with community members to recognize children needs develop a work plan and ensure that the child protection program and CDC members are supported.

• Establish and maintain constructive working relationships with provincial/district and other organization personnel.

• Conduct community dialogue sessions for community members.

• Organize campaigns and trainings to raise awareness of child rights

• Arranging sessions meetings with children and their families to help all members of the provincial Child Protection team improve their capacity in organizing and executing Child Protection activities and conducting relevant trainings if required.

• Prepare training materials and services as required with the help of the Provincial Project Manager/Master Trainer.

• Building positive working relationships with communities’ local authorities CPAN representatives community leaders’ parents and vulnerable children especially those on the move.

• Observing and tracking protection risks and raising awareness in accordance with UNICEF case management protocols.

• Work with groups to manage cases and raise awareness.

• Collection of field data as per project manger’s or protection officers’ request and demand

• Submitting daily and weekly reports to the direct supervisor.

• Keep track of any visits phone calls or emails from other project personnel or community members seeking assistance.

• Ensure that all tasks are carried out in accordance with the activity plan and the projects goals.

• Facilitate conferences meetings and any other programs as required by the project and creating weekly schedule and plan for his/her activities and sharing with project manager in Advance.

• Ensuring that all tasks are carried out in accordance with the weekly schedule and the projects goals and sharing the problems experiences and other information with project manager.

• Supervision of CFS’s activities to make sure all activities are implemented smoothly in accordance to program plan.

Reporting

1. Prepare and submit weekly and monthly reports on social worker’s relevant activities.

2. Prepare success stories on case management activities with good quality pictures in coordination with case worker and case worker supervisor.

3. Contribute in documenting the response, experience and lessons learned on child protection and Case Management. Provide input to the development of the child protection intervention

Education:

• High School graduate Bachelor degree preferred

Years of Experience:

• At least 3 years’ experience in a similar position, implementing child protection programs, preferable social work or case management, in humanitarian or development settings.

• Being a local resident of Urozgan Districts: (Tirinkot, Dehrawat, Chora) Fluent in Dari Pashto and English written and spoke

Skills:

• Commitment to serving children, do no harm and best interests’ principles.

• Strong believer in children being agents of change in their communities.

Technical Competency:

• Demonstrated understanding of working with children and particularly vulnerable children.

Personal qualities:

• Team player, flexible, network-builder, able to handle pressure well and work in cross-cultural setting.

Communication and reporting skills:

• Strong believer in children being agents of change in their communities;

Computer skills:

• (Including MS Word, Excel, Access, and internet) an advantage

• Ability to work closely, professionally, and constructively with all others regardless of nationality, ethnicity, gender, religion, race, tribe, or cultural background

Interested candidates are requested to send their applications along with copies of their CVs (NOT Educational and Work Certificates), to the attention of the Human Resources Department at the following website us on (kro-af.org) and link.

https://kro-af.org/job/Social%20Worker%20/69

Shortlisted candidates will be directly contacted for a written test and after that for an interview. If you are not contacted TWO or FOUR WEEKS after the closing date, please know that your application has not been successful for the post.